Recent study points to cost savings of up to 30 percent with ORBIS hospital information system


At the World of Health IT Conference Agfa HealthCare is presenting the findings from a new study, which clarify how hospitals and clinics can improve their efficiency.
 
Geneva, Switzerland, October 11, 2006, 11:00
 
At The World of Health IT (WoHIT) Conference, Agfa HealthCare announces the findings of a recent study that the company commissioned from Accenture on the economic efficiency of ORBISTM, Agfa's comprehensive hospital-wide clinical information system. The study is a systematic comparison of process cost in the before-and-after analysis, which takes account of the actual investment and operating cost in a number of different sized German hospitals. The results provide a clear indication that IT can play a key role in the improvement of efficiency in the hospital sector. With its process support, ORBIS also facilitates the administrative tasks of both medical and nursing staff.
 
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